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Report Summary

  • 32

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    52% of other websites

  • 79

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 47% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    42% of websites

ipa.ie

IPA - Institute of Public Administration

Page Load Speed

3.1 sec in total

First Response

305 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

407 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ipa.ie page load time and found that the first response time was 305 ms and then it took 2.8 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ipa.ie performance score

32

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.5 s

16/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.1 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.7 s

36/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value830 ms

35/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.032

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value13.6 s

11/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ipa.ie

305 ms

www.ipa.ie

986 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

79 ms

otSDKStub.js

110 ms

jquery.min.js

42 ms

Our browser made a total of 79 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 52% of them (41 requests) were addressed to the original Ipa.ie, 29% (23 requests) were made to Cdnjs.cloudflare.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Use.typekit.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (986 ms) belongs to the original domain Ipa.ie.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 222.9 kB (13%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.5 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ipa.ie main page is 1.8 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-81%

Potential reduce by 146.0 kB

  • Original 180.2 kB
  • After minification 174.3 kB
  • After compression 34.2 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 146.0 kB or 81% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 27.1 kB

  • Original 1.4 MB
  • After minification 1.4 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. IPA images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-31%

Potential reduce by 47.3 kB

  • Original 153.3 kB
  • After minification 145.9 kB
  • After compression 105.9 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 47.3 kB or 31% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 2.4 kB

  • Original 31.5 kB
  • After minification 31.5 kB
  • After compression 29.1 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Ipa.ie has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 44 (60%)

Requests Now

73

After Optimization

29

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of IPA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 33 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ipa.ie

ipa.ie

305 ms

www.ipa.ie

www.ipa.ie

986 ms

OtAutoBlock.js

OtAutoBlock.js

79 ms

otSDKStub.js

otSDKStub.js

110 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

42 ms

jquery.noconflict.js

jquery.noconflict.js

155 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

46 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

62 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.standalone.min.css

bootstrap-datepicker.standalone.min.css

56 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.css

jquery.bxslider.min.css

69 ms

slick.min.css

slick.min.css

62 ms

nivo-lightbox.min.css

nivo-lightbox.min.css

199 ms

slick.min.css

slick.min.css

57 ms

animate.min.css

animate.min.css

70 ms

photoswipe.min.css

photoswipe.min.css

71 ms

cookieconsent.min.css

cookieconsent.min.css

69 ms

LEAdv.min.css

LEAdv.min.css

242 ms

LECart.min.css

LECart.min.css

292 ms

sdm0ngl.js

sdm0ngl.js

88 ms

LECart.css

LECart.css

312 ms

klass.min.js

klass.min.js

318 ms

jquery-1.10.1.min.js

jquery-1.10.1.min.js

40 ms

jquery.dlmenu.js

jquery.dlmenu.js

317 ms

jquery.condense.js

jquery.condense.js

330 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

273 ms

shared.js

shared.js

311 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

329 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

357 ms

jquery.bxslider.js

jquery.bxslider.js

15 ms

jquery.simplemodal.js

jquery.simplemodal.js

367 ms

jquery.cross-slide.js

jquery.cross-slide.js

368 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

18 ms

bootstrap-datepicker.min.js

bootstrap-datepicker.min.js

13 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

19 ms

nivo-lightbox.min.js

nivo-lightbox.min.js

29 ms

jquery.bxslider.min.js

jquery.bxslider.min.js

25 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

35 ms

classie.min.js

classie.min.js

32 ms

photoswipe.min.js

photoswipe.min.js

30 ms

wow.min.js

wow.min.js

38 ms

anijs-min.js

anijs-min.js

41 ms

jquery.mask.min.js

jquery.mask.min.js

53 ms

jquery.validation@1.14.0(jquery.validate.min.js+additional-methods.min.js)

jquery.validation@1.14.0(jquery.validate.min.js+additional-methods.min.js)

34 ms

cookieconsent.min.js

cookieconsent.min.js

39 ms

customScripts.js

customScripts.js

365 ms

api.js

api.js

52 ms

ts.js

ts.js

364 ms

f2caa523-13e0-4e9f-927c-f416d65255bc.json

f2caa523-13e0-4e9f-927c-f416d65255bc.json

32 ms

printLogo.gif

printLogo.gif

131 ms

logo.png

logo.png

312 ms

logoPhone.png

logoPhone.png

293 ms

rss_icon.gif

rss_icon.gif

291 ms

PG-Cover-2024-213x299.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

PG-Cover-2024-213x299.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

291 ms

UG-Cover-2024-247x347.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

UG-Cover-2024-247x347.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

292 ms

whit.png

whit.png

291 ms

1_Resized1.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

1_Resized1.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

293 ms

footerlogo1.png

footerlogo1.png

293 ms

footerlogo2.png

footerlogo2.png

426 ms

footerlogo5.png

footerlogo5.png

331 ms

footerlogo6.png

footerlogo6.png

336 ms

menuItem.png

menuItem.png

273 ms

InnerBnrDefault.jpg

InnerBnrDefault.jpg

340 ms

bnr1.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

bnr1.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

507 ms

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1274_0141.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

528 ms

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527 ms

1_1.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

1_1.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

421 ms

Website_Image.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

Website_Image.jpg_Thumbnail0.jpg

685 ms

ViewAllNews.png

ViewAllNews.png

411 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

31 ms

email.png

email.png

442 ms

sq1.png

sq1.png

455 ms

sq2.png

sq2.png

525 ms

sq3.png

sq3.png

519 ms

sq4.png

sq4.png

532 ms

bx_loader.gif

bx_loader.gif

42 ms

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3 ms

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17 ms

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18 ms

p.gif

p.gif

48 ms

Accessibility Review

ipa.ie accessibility score

79

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

ipa.ie best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

ipa.ie SEO score

81

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Ipa.ie can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Ipa.ie main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

ipa.ie

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of IPA. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: